The harrowing phone conversation between a 999 call handler and the terrified parents of a child that stopped breathing has been released.
Tommy Smith was just 11 months old when every parent's worst nightmare happened at his family home in Bingham on January 28.
He was playing in the kitchen and happily chatting away when his mum Candice Smith, 29, realised something was wrong.
She heard him crying and when she went over he stopped making a noise and went completely limp. His dummy fell out and he flopped to the floor.
Realising he wasn’t breathing, she screamed and shouted to her husband, Neil, to ring 999 as she ran upstairs to him with Tommy in her arms.
The phone call which happened between the terrified parents and the call handler has been released.
In the call, screaming mum Candice can be heard saying "He just started making funny noises."
Then the call handler talks dad, Neil, through CPR while they wait for emergency crews to arrive.
, Mrs Smith said: "I was in complete shock. He just went silent and limp and I screamed.
"I started panicking and I was shouting at my husband 'he's not breathing'.
"He called 999 and we listened to the call handler who guided us through what to do. You don't think you will ever have to perform CPR on your own child."
Call handler Stacey Byard answered the call from Mr Smith and immediately provided CPR instructions over the phone, giving Tommy the best chance of survival.
Mrs Smith said: “Panic washed over me when I saw he wasn’t breathing but my partner Neil was so calm thanks to the help of Stacey.
"He performed CPR on Tommy and within minutes I was answering the door to a first responder who then took over. It is every parent's worst nightmare but they got to us so quickly."
Within four minutes, community first responder Alison Curtis arrived on the scene and took over.
In the ambulance Tommy was shocked once more which was successful and he arrived at Queen's Medical Centre conscious.
